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Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Stories to Watch: 10/17/11

There probably won't be any morning post tomorrow. I've got some projects I need to finish up around here (most notably, replacing a kitchen faucet) and then that night I'm going to see Boris at the Majestic Theater. Gonna be awesome. So my day's pretty much all planned out. Other posting may be limited -- depends one how much trouble that faucet gives me. If you're looking for something to fill the time, check out this Boris playlist on YouTube and thank me later. One of my great loves is the sound of a humbucker pickup running through a big tube amp. Now here's the news...


Krugman defends Occupy Wall Street from Wall Street -- masterfully, as always.


Liberal media? What liberal media?


Saturday Night Live is totally the reason that Rick Santorum's campaign isn't taking off like wildfire. Totally. If they ever stop making victim cards, Rick's going to be out of arguments.


Gallup finds that half of America would back marijuana legalization.


Wingnut outrage of the day: a Texas high school Spanish class has the audacity to teach students about the dreaded Mexico. Kids recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance and sing the national anthem, which automatically makes them Mexicans who should be deported -- because it's illegal to be Mexican. Clearly, this is the worst thing ever. What's next, celebrating Bastille Day, like the dirty Canadians?


This ought to be good; Eric Cantor is scheduled to give a speech about income inequality. He's says he's against it, but it kind of looks a lot like he's also going to come out for it. It's a cake-apalooza -- Cantor tries to have his cake and eat it too, while delivering the GOP's "let them eat cake" economic message.


Herman Cain, defender of your God-given freedom to get hammered and drive.


Finally, Rick Perry's campaign plans to go fullblown anti-Mormon on Mitt Romney. The details are pretty ugly.
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Thursday, September 08, 2011

News Roundup for 9/8/11

Nazi POW camp
America's dark future, according to Ron Paul


-Headline of the Day-
"Ron Paul Feeds Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory That Government Could Turn U.S. Into A Concentration Camp."

In last night's episode of Who Wants to Be the GOP's Top Lunatic?, Ron Paul swung for the fences with some good, ol' fashioned Glenn-Beck-style conspiracy theorizin'. In discussing a border fence between Mexico and the US -- a super-fashionable and expensive idea among the xenophobic -- Ron brought up the possibility that the fence wouldn't be to keep those dirty Mexicans out, but to keep patriotic Americans in. Whoa, did he just blow your mind?

"I think this fence business is designed and may well be used against us and keep us in," Ron said. "In economic turmoil, the people want to leave with their capital. And there's capital controls and there's people control. So, every time you think of the fence keeping all those bad people out, think about those fences maybe being used against us, keeping us in."

That's right, the fence is designed to turn the entire United States into a concentration camp, because we only have that one border with Mexico. If we wall that off, how else can anyone possibly get out of the US? Canada, you say? Ha! This so-called "Canada" is a liberal myth, invented to create an example of a fairytale-land where socialized medicine actually works. In reality, there's nothing up there but polar bears and Santa Claus. No. If Mexico is walled off, there is no way out!

So paranoid and stupid. Ron Paul may very well be the perfect Republican. (ThinkProgress)


-Cartoon time with Mark Fiore-
Hey kids, Uncle Mark is still sick or on vacation or whatever, so he put up a rare rerun! Yay! Let's see how it holds up, given our present news cycle.

Tea Party Tradition
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Still pretty topical. Those 'baggers just haven't gotten any smarter. (MarkFiore.com)


-Bonus HotD-
"Joe Scarborough writes bizarre 9/11 song, for some reason."

Subject yourself to the video, if you suffer from self-hatred. (Salon's War Room, with video)
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